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District 200 school board candidate Julie Kulovits speaks during a candidate forum on on March. 2, 2023 at City Hall in Wheaton.

Big spending didn’t always lead to wins in school and library board races fueled by partisan rancor

April 19, 2023 at 4:12 p.m.

The Illinois Democratic Party spent nearly $260,000 on local school and library board races across the state leading up to the April 4 election, but in some high-profile contests was...

Kara Casten, wife of U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, formed a slate with two other Downers Grove residents, Ken Dawson, left, and Don Renner, to run for the District 99 school board. A slate of conservative candidates was defeated by the group, according to unofficial results.

School board elections see general pushback against conservatives, though not everywhere

April 9, 2023 at 8:48 a.m.

Voters across the Chicago suburbs and around the state turned back attempts to pull local school boards to the right in Tuesday's elections, though conservative candidates had pockets of success,...

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, left, and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speak to the media after meeting at the governor's downtown Chicago office on April 7, 2023.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker casts doubt on part of Brandon Johnson’s tax plan after first meeting with mayor-elect

April 7, 2023 at 6:01 p.m.

Brandon Johnson will be looking to Springfield for help with parts of his estimated $450 million package of tax proposals, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker made clear after meeting Friday with...

Barrington 220 School District school board candidate Katey Baldassano, left, participates in a candidates forum at the Barrington Library on March 1, 2023. Baldassano has been endorsed by the 1776 Project PAC.

Out-of-state PAC backing conservative school board candidates belatedly files spending report

March 29, 2023 at 5:39 p.m.

A New York-based political action committee belatedly reported that it so far has spent more than $13,000 backing conservative candidates in next week's local school board elections in Illinois. Its...

Ted Dabrowski, of Wirepoints, encouraged candidates during an Awake Illinois advocate workshop to cite Illinois report card data to connect with potential voters who might not otherwise embrace a message focused on sex education, mask opposition and other issues highlighted by parental rights activists on Jan. 14, 2023, at the Westin Itasca.

Conservatives are targeting suburban school boards. And the elections are becoming political battlegrounds.

March 26, 2023 at 2:31 p.m.

Two years ago, at the urging of her teenage daughter, clinical psychologist Donna Marino ran for school board in far west suburban Oswego, thinking her background in mental health could...

AR-15 rifles hang on a wall at R-Guns store in Carpentersville on Jan. 11, 2023.

Illinois Supreme Court takes up accelerated appeal of ruling that struck down state ban on high-powered guns

March 7, 2023 at 6:13 p.m.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to an accelerated hearing schedule for the state's appeal of a downstate judge's ruling that struck down a state ban on certain high-powered...

A display case, shown Jan. 26, 2023, holds an assortment of rifles that could not be sold to customers, at Accuracy Firearms in Effingham.

Downstate judge strikes down Illinois ban on high-powered guns

March 5, 2023 at 9:15 a.m.

A downstate judge on Friday struck down the ban on high-power firearms and high-capacity ammunition magazines that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law earlier this year, a ruling the Illinois...

House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch listens as Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his address, Feb. 15, 2023, at the Illinois State Capitol.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker stresses education in $49.6 billion budget proposal while blasting a ‘virulent strain of nationalism’ in national schools debate

February 16, 2023 at 9:59 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker stressed additional funding for education in his $49.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday while also using the occasion to blast "a virulent strain of nationalism" that he said...

Super Bowl LVII: Rihanna durante su presentación en el espectáculo de medio tiempo del Super Bowl 57 de la NFL entre los Chiefs de Kansas City y los Eagles de Filadelfia, el domingo 12 de febrero de 2023, en Glendale, Arizona.

Los Chicago Bears cierran acuerdo de compra de terreno en Arlington Heights

February 15, 2023 at 4:15 p.m.

Los Chicago Bears se embarcaron en una nueva era el miércoles con la compra de un terreno en Arlington Heights donde el equipo espera construir un nuevo estadio cerrado con...

People walk through downtown Arlington Heights on Sept. 29, 2021.

Chicago Bears finalize deal to buy Arlington Heights site for a new stadium, but issues remain before ground is broken

April 26, 2024 at 10:20 a.m.

The Chicago Bears embarked on a new era Wednesday with the purchase of a site in Arlington Heights where the team hopes to build a new enclosed stadium with a...

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